Applicants must have earned a baccalaureate from a program such as computer science, economics, engineering, finance, operations research, mathematics, or the sciences (physics/chemistry). Applicants who have not completed the prerequisite courses may receive a conditional offer of admission and will be required to satisfactorily complete foundation course work prior to beginning regular MS in Financial Engineering course work. Foundation work will not count toward the 30 credit hours required for the degree.

The GMAT or GRE test score submission is Optional* for MS in Financial Engineering (MSFE) applicants who have earned a non-business undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university with an overall undergraduate GPA of 3.3 or better and meet the following criteria:

Have achieved a transcript documented letter grade of B or better in TWO (2) or more quantitative undergraduate courses. Undergraduate courses considered include, calculus, statistics and data analytics. Students must submit course descriptions/syllabi with their application for such coursework to be considered.

Applicants who choose not to submit a GMAT or GRE test score and who meet the criteria above will have their applications reviewed by the admissions committee but this is no guarantee of acceptance. 

TOEFL: Reading 25, Listening 24, Speaking 24, Writing 25, Total 98. Lehigh University will be accepting MyBest™ scores from ETS/TOEFL beginning August 2019.

IELTS: 7.0 band overall, Reading 7, Listening 7, Speaking 7.5, Writing 6.5